Suspension tackle for boats



v .1. FARLEYP SUSPENSION TACKLE FOR BOATS.

. APRLICATION FILED FEB. 10. 1922- Patented Oct. 24, 1922i Patented Get.24, 1922.

WALTER a. FABLEY, or MANiTowoc, WISCONSI1\T. 1

SUSPENSION TACKLE FOR BOATS.

Application filed remar 10, 1922. Serial No. 535,563.

TQflZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WALTER J. FARLEY, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Manitowoc, in the county of Manitowoc and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSuspension Tackles for Boats; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The invention relates to devices for safely landing men from a ship. I

It comprises a boom adapted to swing out wardly by force of gravityunder the control of a man and a boatswain chair adapted to be manuallycontrolled for the depositing of a passenger.

Important objects are the utilizing of the force of gravity to swing theboom outwardly, the movement being free and the only place of frictionbeing at the pivot for the boom. Consequently, the chair may be drawninwardly readily, the inward move ment being opposed solely by the forceof gravity and the travel being along a slight incline.

An important feature is the provision of a boom which may be shiftedfrom one side of the ship to another, only one guy llne being necessarythough a plurality of clevises, in which the boom is pivoted, areprovided. Thus passengers may be discharged from either side of thevessel.

Another advantage of the construction is the utilization of thestructure of the ship to limit the outward movement of the pole in sucha manner that its final position is substantially at right angles to theboat. The device is of such a nature that it may be readily stored outof the way when its functions are not required.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafterdescribed and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it beingunderstood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of the present invention constructed accordingto the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application ofthe principles thereof, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of theinvention in out-board position.

Figure 2 is a plan thereof.

The boom 10 is rotatable on pivot 11 by which it is secured to clevis 12and at its other end is provided with eyes 13v and 14, guy cable 15extending from eye 13 to eye 16. Pivot 11 is at an angle to the line ofgravity and eye 16' is alined therewith so that boom 10 will swingoutwardly, gradually descending in its travel, guy cable 15 notoperating to exert a lifting action on the end of the boom.

From eye 14 block 17 is suspended from which a rope 18 secured to eye 19extends downwardly and is roved through block 20 and directed upwardlythrough block 17 and then extends to the deck where it is adapted to becontrolled by an operator for the raising or lowering of a passenger inboatswain chair 21 secured to block 20. A pair of oppositely disposedeyes 22 and 22' are secured to boom 10 intermediate its ends and a guyline 23 is detachably secured to eye 22 by hook 24.

When the device is used in landing, a passenger is positioned inboatswain chair 21 when the boom is in in-board position, a mantensioning rope 18 and being enabled by the disposition of the blocks 17and 20 to sustain the weight of the occupant of the chair. The weight ofthe passenger tends to swing boom 10 outwardly under the control of anoperator manipulating guy line 23. Deck house 25 operates, as shown inFigure 2, to limit the rotary movement of boom 10 so that its finalposition is as shown, substantially at right angles to the side of thevessel.

If it is desired to use the boom on the other side of the ship, pivot 11may be removed and the boom placed in a clevis provided for thereception of boom 11 and hook 24 may be secured to eye 22. Thus, inorder to discharge passengers from both sides, a duplication of theelements is unnecessary.

It will be apparent that considerable looseness of parts may be providedat the pivotal point of the boom for facilitating the movement of theboom to various positions.

I claim 1. The combination of a boom, a pivot therefor inward of thegunwale of the ship, a guy cable secured to said boom and fixed mentthereof, means secured to the outer end of said boom for landing a load,and means for limiting the movement of said boom to an out-Ward positionsubstantially at right ngl t said hip-v a In testimony that I claim theforegoing I have hereunto set my hand at Manitowoc, in the county ofManitowoc and State of lVisconSin.

WALTER J. FABLEY.

